[beserker15]

Here's a new analogy for you. A lot of barber shops charge female prices for guys with really long hair. Women and men receive the same service (a friendly barber with some scissors cutting your hair) but for longer hair, the barber has to spend more effort. Now obviously it's your choice to grow your hair long (getting one of these new high end devices). But the barber can't charge you the same as she would if you got short hair (a non smartphone device). You are paying for the same service, it's just the service costs more (same as you using more data). Now as I point out earlier, the newer Windows Mobile 6+ phones like these Touch Pro 2's are kinda like a guy with medium hair. The barber wants to charge more obviously...but the guy can argue that his hair isn't long and he might leave thus losing a customer.

You can still choose get service with short hair (Samsung Exclaim, Rumor Touch, etc) but if you want long hair (Samsung Intercept, HTC Hero, Palm Pixie, etc), or long hair and a perm (EVO 4G, Epic 4G) you'll just be paying for the extra cost of the barber's service. It doesn't matter what type of hair you bring in before the haircut...(upgraded phone with contract or phone you buy outright with your own money), the fees is in the service (maintaining heavy data usage, building new towers, upgrading costs to 4G) and you will be charged on what the barber ASSUMES will be worth the amount for the service they are giving you. For all they know, your really long hair is easier to cut than people with really thick curly short hair (you can use a 4G just for voice and not data while a guy with an Exclaim can be streaming youtube all day)...they are still going to charge you the extra cost because they won't really know how much effort it will take before actually cutting your hair.